Willamette Street Study (18th to 20th Avenues) Topic of January 10 Meeting

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~i 1~.. ~I January 5, 2007 CONTACT: Chris Henry, Transportation Planning Engineer, 682-8472 From Public Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 ' FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Willamette Street Study (18th to 20"' Avenues) Topic of January 10 Meeting Citizens interested in a proposal to convert Willamette Street to two-way traffic between 18th and 20th avenues are invited to a community meeting on Wednesday, January 10, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Washington Park Center, 2025 Washington Street. I, At the meeting, City transportation engineering staff and a local consultant will be on hand to introduce the Willamette Street study and provide background for the potential conversion of ~ the remaining two blocks of one-way traffic on Willamette Street to two-way traffic. Also at the meeting, the process for forming a stakeholder group will be outlined, and there will be opportunities for questions and comments. In summer 2004 the Eugene Public Works Department converted Willamette Street to two- j way traffic between 13th and 18th avenues as part of a pavement preservation project. That same ~i summer the city council adopted an update to the City's Central Area Transportation Study (CATS) but agreed that before deciding whether to convert Willamette Street between 18th and ~ 20th avenues, staff should perform additional study and analysis and bring back to council a recommendation and project proposal for a public hearing and approval. i, Additional information about the Willamette Street study is available on the Internet at www.eugene-or.gov/pwprojects (click on the Willamette Street study link) or by contacting Project 'i Manager Chris Henry at 682-8472 or by a-mail at chris.c.henry@ci.eugene.or.us, j ~ Eugene Public Works • www.eugene-or.gov/pw 858 Pearl Street, Eugene, Oregon 97501 •541-682-5523 • fax 541-682-6826 • e-mail pwadmin@ci.eugene.or.us